THE Ministry of Public Service issued ‘show cause’ letters yesterday to ten people implicated in a Department of Education scheme that defrauded the government of $450k, signalling the government has began the process of terminating the employees.

Auditor General Terrance Bastian, in a report dated September 12, 2018, found that staff of the department perpetuated a $448,230 fraud by manipulating a system for stipends and honoraria.

The Tribune reported yesterday that though the Office of the Attorney General recommended in April that ten people face disciplinary action in connection with the fraud, it seemed no one had been punished, prompting concern from some public servants familiar with the matter.

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